Jerusalem Scenes

I hope that you have been enjoying this blog, but now we are going to change the focus a bit and feature businesses in Jerusalem, and other places that you can find great deals.  I do not get paid by the stores to shop there so this is my honest opinion about each place.  Today I went to Tamnoon,  Here is the bag as I got home. I bought three things, a black jersey shirt, a gray shiny skirt and 3 pairs of socks all for   Drum roll Please!!!!!   30 NIS!     Even Ramona can't  believe the prices!  This is at the store on Kanfei Nesharim in Givat Shaul!  The shirt runs big so I got a size 1, and the skirt runs small so I got the small.  Usually I fit the Medium or Large sizes in this store.     75 or   So, Run, Walk, Take the 75 or 74 Egged bus from the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem and gobble up these Spring Fashions at rock bottom prices.   For more summer fun, make a tiny...

 This is a very famous picture,  It is even published in the Leo Beck Siddur for children!  It was taken using a Nokia (non-smartphone, those were the days!) Today is my birthday and so this is my present to you, to enjoy this beautiful Rainbow!  Taken out my living room window overlooking Ramot and the valley below.  Featured in this video: 

I walk past this building many times a month, so I snapped this picture the last time.  This area has been slate for Urban Renewal for about 10 years, but this building is still standing.  I think that it was an apartment building, it just stands empty now.   Sooner or later it will be torn down, and a new modern building with trendy shops will take its place.   Maybe we should remember the past?  Naww, it doesn't pay any property tax, Down it will come.  2020 in Jerusalem.  Rachael Alice Orbach

  Now that we are in the depths of winter, I look back and remember the flowers of Spring, and know that it is just around the corner again. Keep Spring in your heart and you will always be happy.  Rachael Alice Orbach   

I walked in Nachlat Shiva a few weeks ago and there are the umbrellas waiting to catch the rain. Or if it starts to rain, you can try to jump up and catch one for yourself!  Enjoy listening to a song that I wrote and produced using the rain on my roof as a background. (It is supposed to rain today so I want to get into the mood!)

בס"ד Take a walk in the Cardo in the Old City of Jerusalem, best right now during the very hot Spring time, today is already 30 degrees Celcius!  The air is clear and cool and now there are shops just like in olden days.   A number of Museums are open for your enjoyment  https://www.rova-yehudi.org.il/sites/the-herodian-quarter-the-wohl-museum This is under the Yeshivat HaKotel, and you can see the remains of the last fight between the Romans and the Jewish Patriots from over 2000 years ago.  Since we are talking about the last fight for Jerusalem, this museum is about the last fight in 1948 for the Old City of Jerusalem  http://israelattractions.baruchhaba.com/place/last-battle-for-the-old-city-museum/   Definetly worth the visit.  If you want a bird's eye view of the Old and New City and to see the brand new Hurva Synagoge then go inside  https://www.rova-yehudi.org.il/sites/the-hurva-synagogue/   It is a wond...

A glorious flower in the center of Jerusalem! The Passover weather is sometimes rainy and then sunny, don't forget your cool weather gear and you can have a lot of fun catching scenes like this one!  Rachael Alice Orbach